Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 10, 2013
Submitted
February 12, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N939DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49812
Aircraft time
62,297 hours, 47,023 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Nose Cowl
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CRACKS ON LT ENGINE NOSE COWL INNER BARRIER SKIN AT 12:00, 3:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, AND 11:30 CLOCK POSITIONS. DAMAGE WAS EVALUATED AND WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 54-04 AD AND NOSE COWL WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 71-10-01.

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